Jesse Whitfield Covington

Jesse W. Covington
Jesse W. Covington
Born	September 16, 1889(1889-09-16) Haywood, Tennessee
Died	November 21, 1966(1966-11-21) (aged 77)
Place of burial	Loudon Park National Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Navy
Years of service	1908 - 1935
Rank	Chief Petty Officer
Unit	U.S.S. Stewart
Battles/wars	World War I
Awards	Medal of Honor

Jesse Whitfield Covington (September 16, 1889 – November 21, 1966) was an American sailor serving in the United States Navy during World War I who received the Medal of Honor for bravery.

Biography

Covington was born September 16, 1889 in Egypt, Tennessee and after enlisting in the United States Navy was sent to France to fight in World War I.

He died November 21, 1966 and is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, Virginia.^[1]

Medal of Honor citation

Rank and organization: Ship's Cook Third Class, U.S. Navy. Place and date: At sea aboard the USS Stewart (DD-13), 17 April 1918. Entered service at: California. Born: 16 September 1889, Haywood, Tenn. G.O. No.: 403, 1918.

Citation:

For extraordinary heroism following internal explosion of the Florence H. The sea in the vicinity of wreckage was covered by a mass of boxes of smokeless powder, which were repeatedly exploding. Jesse W. Covington, of the U.S.S. Stewart, plunged overboard to rescue a survivor who was surrounded by powder boxes and too exhausted to help himself, fully realizing that similar powder boxes in the vicinity were continually exploding and that he was thereby risking his life in saving the life of this man.^[2]

See also

	Biography portal
	World War I portal

• List of Medal of Honor recipients
• List of Medal of Honor recipients for World War I

References

Specific

1. ^ "Jesse Whitfield Covington". Claim to Fame: Medal of Honor recipients. Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7862829. Retrieved 2009-07-15. 
2. ^ "World War I; Covington, Jesse W. entry". Medal of Honor recipients. United States Army Center of Military History. August 3,, 2009. http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/worldwari.html. Retrieved 2009-07-19. 

Persondata
Name	Covington, Jesse W.
Alternative names	Covington, Jesse Whitfield
Short description	United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
Date of birth	September 16, 1889
Place of birth	Haywood, Tennessee
Date of death	November 21, 1966
Place of death